I was going through some conversations in the standing committee on the environment and sustainable development and found a couple of items Canadians should be made aware of.

I was going through some conversations in the standing committee on the environment and sustainable development and found a couple of items Canadians should be made aware of.

First, there are 22,000 contaminated sites across Canada and some of very serious concern are near populated cities. Second, these sites could pose a serious threat to drinking water sources and will cost billions to clean up. Third, the erosion of our laws protecting our water and environment will certainly cause many more environmental disasters.

Conclusion, future generations should be prepared for billions of dollars in costs to health care, clean up, lawsuits, lost property values, and worst of all a total loss of faith in our legislative process to protect ourselves.

The Conservatives have made mining and energy their marquis policy item. They want to encourage $650 billion worth of investment in these industries so mining giants can come into Canada with less regulations, take our resources, and ship them to other places to make finished products.

Great leadership, egghead. We’ll be leaders of digging things out of the ground using foreign companies.